Bookbinding: process and apparatus inventions 12/08

20080310935 - Cutting apparatus and cutting method: A cutting apparatus for cutting a book bundle has: a book bundle rotating mechanism for rotating the book bundle and changing a cutting surface; a book bundle moving mechanism for moving the book bundle in the direction of a cutting mechanism; and the cutting mechanism for separately cutting the cutting... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080304934 - Bookbinding apparatus and bookbinding system: A bookbinding apparatus which forms a sheet bundle by aligning a plurality of sheets fed from an image forming apparatus and prepares a booklet by applying adhesive on a spine of the sheet bundle, the bookbinding apparatus includes: a storage member for storing the adhesive; a rotating member for rotating... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080298929 - Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus having the same: The invention is to stabilize an amount of application of a glue to sheets, to stabilize adhesive force between the sheets, and to further improve the productivity of a glued sheet bundle. A sheet processing apparatus includes a processing tray 130 that stacks a sheet discharged by a pair of... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto